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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
G., A. r. ARRANGEMENTS.

The G.. A. r. post is engaged in the
preparations for the reception and en-
tertaintment of the visiting comrades at
the coming encampment. Regular meet
ings are now held weekly, and executive
sessions every other day. The recent
warm weather makes it practically GER
tain that the snow blockade in central
Dakota will be broken, and with this the
opening of southern roads is assured and
this will greatly increase the attendance.
A communication in another column
from Commander I. G. Wade calls atten-
tion to some important matters connected
with the arrangements. A reception has
been arranged for the eveningof the 22nd
camp fire for the 23rd; and banquet
for the evening of the last day, the 9th.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
WHEREAS. The Hon. T. NJ. Shook has

WHEREAS, The Hon. F. M. Shook has
introduced in house of representatives a
bill amending chapter 50 of the general
laws of Dakota for the year A. d. 1888,
by which amendment it is proposed to
subject lands and lots belonging to the
railroad companies in the territory to tax
alton, and
WHEREAS, Said bill was duly intro
duced and is now under consideration
therefore,
Be it by the board Of county COM
missioners for Stutsman county in proper
meeting assembled,
RESOLVED, That each Of our representa-
tives is respectfully but earnestly re-
quested to use his uttermost endeavors to
secure the passage of said bill, as there
is no bill now before the Legislature, which
in our opinion, affects such large interest
and in which the counties along the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad are SO
much interested.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, That copy of the
foregoing be engrossed and forwarded to
the members of the 22d legislative dis
trict, and that one of this board of county
commissioners be requested to visit Bis
marck in the interest OF said bill.
Board adjourned on motion till March
81, 1887.
Attest: A. G.. MCMILLAN,
Auditor
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
Where the 2O2d Grand Time
Will be.

The two hundred and second grand
monthly distribution Of the Louisiana
State Lottery will take place at New
Orleans, La, On Tuesday March Is, 1887,
when S535,OOO will be scattered all over
the world in sums from S150.000 down.
ward Tickets cost SO; tenths, 81. For
information apply to M. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
About the Gun Club.

The following has been handed HE
ALERT. The gun club has not yet been
organized but the move is a laudable
one and should be encouraged. 1t is to
be hoped that the Bismarck people will
be met half way in the matter and that a
number of our good shots and enthusias-
tic spo rtsmen will attend the meeting.
BISMARCK, Oak, March 4th, 1887.
SECRETARY JAMESTOWN Gun CLUB,
JAMESTOWN, DAKOTA,
DEAR SIR: How do your club feel
about North Dakota sportsman's tour
nament, to be held here in the fall?
Would your crack shots be likely to res
DOnd2
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
Indianapolis IN The League.

New YORK. March 9.-The second
days session of the national base ball
league was finished last evening. The
st. Louis club accepted the offer of S12,-
600 for its franchise and the Indianapo-
lis club was formally admitted. The
players over whom there as been so much
dispute will all go to the new club and
Indianapolis cannot sell them 10 any
other club for one year. The league
offered Kansas City $4,000 for its fran
chise and players. The Kansas City men
viii give their answer to the league to-
morrow. A Kansas City dispatch says
the Kansas City base ball association has
accepted the national leagues offer OF
$1,000 for its franchise and players. The
assoc htion has possession of the fran
chise in the western league and viii or
ganize a new club.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
A New Order.

Judge Francis promulgated the fol-
lowing order at Bismarck several days
ago:
Hereafter in any case in which a ref
cree has been appointed by the court, or
the Judge thereof, the order of reference
shall fix time in which the referee is to
make his report; and on the failure of the
referee to make his report within the
time so fixed in the order of referee, either
the plaintiff or the defendant, as the case
may be, may move the court for the dis
missal of the action, or for such other
final disposition of the case as the circum
stances may warrant.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

EUGENE A. DYE, of Milette, who has
been appointed to succeed Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction A. Sheridan
Jones, is reported by his friends as
gentleman of fine ability, and the ap-
pointment is received with hearty appro-
baton. Frank A. Wilson, a newspaper
man of Pembina, is appointed assistant
likewise good appointment. Governor
Church sees very clearly the part played
by the enterprising newspapers in the
past progress Of Dakota, and he has wise
ly and judiciously recognized them, and
their Importance in assisting the develop
ment of the great territory: and in CIV
ing his administration an honest support
wherein they see it has been good.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
The Club Restaurant.

H. C. Crossley, who is well known as an
experienced restauranteur, has re-opened
the Club Restaurant on Main street, in
the Grand Central block. Mr.. Crossley
will conduct a first class establishment
and prepare meals to order, consisting of
all the delicacies of the season. The
finest of meats, fish, game and vegetables
served. His card appears elsewhere in
THE ALERT. The Club Restaurant Will
be made deserving of large public pat
rOnage.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
The Early Cowboy.
DcalWoOd Pioneer.

In few weeks the festive cowboy will
rag proper il full regalia of chaps, IS,
quirt and cady, with slicker tied to the
saddle, and hit the flats for the spring
round up. Then will family disturbance
be in great demand at road ranches,
while overland trout will disappear at an
astonishing rate three times a day, when
the boys chew. The horse wrangler and
broncho buster will then be persOnages
of Importance and woe be unto the ten
derfoot who puts on any frllls in their
NreSence
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

The first stir in the railway world, of
special interest to Dakota, is the adver-
tisement of Thomas Lowry and General
Manager Wells for grading contracts on
the Ordway, Bismarck & Northwestern
road. This syndicate will get the first
track to the Missouri this year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

COLONEL DOMAIN has been working in
some of his intellectual fireworks in a de-
scription of Washington women, in a
manner that leads the Chicago News to
remark that his descriptions Of the fair
creatures would really make charming
lbretto for a three-act romantic opera,
providing that it were possible to find
some composer talented enough to set it
to appropriate music.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

missed by this great railroad magnate that
his company would be required to put on
a line of steamers from Duluth to Buf-
falo in order to take care of their freight
It was their policy, he said, not only
to be prepared for emergencies, but also
to be in a condition to have the Manitoba
railroad Company take care of itself.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
Fraternally Yours,
W. nCus l. oN'As
Sec'y Bismarck Gun Gu

SGC y b1SIllHTCk UIlII VIID.
EDITOR ALERT: The above letter has
been received. How shall it be replied
to, as we have not organized the much
needed gun club in jamestown? There
must be great number of crack shots
here that would like to take part in such
a tournament, and jamestown ought to
be represented on such an occasion. l
would like to see some steps taken at
once to organize club. I am sure if
some one will start the thing going, there
will be no lack OF supporters.
SPORTSMAN.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

Road certificates Nos. and 80. respec-
lively. from r. D. No. II. in favor of F..
A. Carley. for 1919 and 500. were, on
motion. ordered cancelled.
Bill of Wm. NJ. Silver for S4.20, witness
fees, was. on motion, rejected.
The claim of Jas. L. Hawley for 5000
for illegal taxes paid. was presented, and
on motion referred to District Attorney
Rose with instructions to report at next
meeting of the board.
On motion the action of the board at
meeting last Tuesday in adopting report
of Attorney Rose and the auditor in re-
gard to territorial tax delinquency, was
ratified.
On motion the following resolution was
adopted:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
The JamestOWnAlert
DAILY except MONDAY & WEEKLY
e r M s.
w. r. KELLOGG.

n MOVE is being made to divide Dickey
and Sargent condties and make Oakes
the county seat. A petition largely cir
culated asks for the cutting off of three
tiers of townships from Dickey and one
from Sargent county.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

peaceably settled, which is not probable.
General Dennis, Colonels Sheafe and
Bentley we're in co Inference with the gov
ernor yesterday, and it will probably be
decided today what companies will be or
dered in readiness and which officer will
be placed in charge of them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
Duluth Markets.

DULUTH, Mimi, March 9. Wheat
opened cash, May 81 bid, June ssh bid.
Closed May S015 bid, June Sl4 Re-
ceipts, none. Shipments none. Cars 3.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

Masked hugging parties are coming
into voguein some localities, and promise
to be q drawing card at some OF the
church fairs when they get ripe. BY
paying i cents man is allowed to hug.
a girl. but is first blindfolded. 1t makes
a man mad, said one who had probably
been through the mill. to find on renaov-
ing the bandage from his eyes that -.
has been hugging his wife; fiftee1 csaens
gone for nothing. z
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
"NOBODY,S DARL1NG."
The Body of a Newly Born Infant
Found IN an Ice Hole IN
The James River

The services of Coroner Thorold have
been in frequent requisition lately and
during the past week the lovers of the
sensational have had enough of such to
satisfy even the most voracious. Sun
day something of ripple was caused by
the announcement that the dead body OF
a newly born female baby had been found
that morning by Mr.. Bennett, in the riv-
er short distance above the Northern
Pacific railroad bridge, while watering
his horses. The matter was investigated
by the coroner who summoned a jury
composed of p. w. Garrigan, A. 0. Ayers,
and H. T. Smith and held an inquest
over the body, yesterday morning. Moth
ing definite was divulged as to the pa
rents of the child or the perpetrators Of
the crime and the case is still enshrouded
in mystery.
A post mortem examination was made
by DR.. Baldwin who stated that the child
was fully developed. He had applied the
usual lung test and thought the child
was born alive, but that it may have died
from loss of blood, caused by the prema-
ture cutting of the ,lmbilical cord.
The inquest was held yesterday morn
ing about 10 o'clock, when number OF
witnesses we're examined. The most i'm
portant eviden CO was given by Mr.. Ben
net. He said:
Sunday morning about 8 o'clock I
went to the river for water for my horses.
We kept tin pail to dip up the water,
and as T put this in the hole felt some
obstruction. put my hand down to see
what it was and found gunny sack. 1t
was frozen at the bottom and thinking 1t
might contain dog or cat, l reached
down to find out. cut open the sack
and the first thing that came out was a
piece of white canvass. l then drew out
baby's foot and afterward, the dead
body.
Mr. Bennett knew nothing as to who
put it there and notified number OF
parties whom he met, of the occurrence.
James Kennedy, another witness, stated
that his wife had heard the voices of a
man and woman about one o'clock the
night before the body was found. She
thought they were going toward the
river but did not recognize them.
The following is the verdict of the
jury.
We, the jury find that the said infant
was born alive and that it came to its
death by means unknown to this jury.
That the said infant was found in hole
in the ice in the James river, about 900
feet north of the Northern Pacific rail-
road bridge, in the city of jamestown,
Stutsman county, ID. r.
P. M. GARRIGAN.
n
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
p. M. GARRIGAN.
A. O. AYERS.
II. L. SMITH.

1t seems that the hole in the ice in
which the body was thrown, was funnel
shaped, larger at the top than at the bot
tom, and the opening on the under side
of the ice was too small to admit of the
passage of the sack, which lodged there,
and was discovered in such position.
No clue has yet been found to the perpe-
traitors, but it is understood that an
effort will be made to discover them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

Consult DIR. Hubbard on his coming:
visit to Jamestown, Dak., as you can't al
WAYS get his skill. He comes on ThufS
day, March IT, at the Gladstone, and be
charges you nothing to consult him. He
will tell you just your condition and il
YOU can be cured or not.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10

ONEw YORK, March s.Henry Ward
Beecher died at 9:30a, m.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
List OF Letters

List OF Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the jamestown,
D. IT,, postoffice, for the week ending
March 7, 1887:
LADIES'
Roberts. Miss l. Walsh, Kate 2
GENTLEMEN.
Brunskole, Johan McIntire, James
Barton, Henry Plaugh, A
Bail Frank Robertson, Il
Brastrop, A Remington, G Fl
Carlisle, Ray Sackman, } IL
Clark, Robt Schmitt, Lewis
Caules, j II Stockdals, W l.
Furrell, VIM Thompson, Tobias
Hangon, j A Wandland, j L
Parties calling for above letters please
say advertised, and give date of list.
ANTON KLAUS, P. M.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
County Commissioners.

Board in session at l p. m., March 7th,
1887.
Present Messrs. Eddy and Woodbury..
Eddy in the chair.
Minutes of meeting held February q,
1887, read and approved.
Coroner Thorold submitted account for
inpuests held over bodies OF John kava-
naugh and James Austin. On motion
the account, together with claims pre-
sented for Juror and witness fees on same,
were referred to Attorney Rose.
The following bills were presented. and
allowed:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
The Valley Road Opened.

PINGREE, March s.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-31
An Opium Smoker in Paris.

There is at present in the Hospital Of
the Charity a young non-commissioned
officer, as he would be called in England,
who is undergoing treatment as victim
to opium smoking. The soldier, who is a
man of education, has given remarkable
account of his experiences as an opium
SMOKER. He says that while in Tonkin,
or Cochin China, one of the French gen
erals caused an order to be issued against
the use of the drug and this very prohibit
ton was the means of making several
men try opium smoking through curiosity.
The non-commissioned officer went with
some comrades to tie smoking saloon of q
village. There woman came to him and
filed long pipe with small ball OF what
appeared to be thick brown syrup, made
as consistent as wax. This the soldier
was pressed to take and, placing its bowl
over lamp which was alight, he inhaled
what seemed to be the fumes Of sugar and
burned apples.
He was at first rendered Ill, but after a
second pipe was plunged into the ecstatic
dreams described by De Quincy, Baude-
laire and NJ. Paul Bonnetain. He seemed
to float in bath of lukewarm milk, and
memories that had long lain buried passed
clearly through his imaginatiR He
recollected forgotten melodies, snatches Of
songs and extracts from favorite authors;
but when he awoke from the reverie he
was perspiring with pain and fear. After
this he kept up tae habit for six months,
smoking thirGy grammes of opium on the
day of his departure for France. The
man at present looks rather livid, and his
general appearance is that of a person who
had been paralyzed. 1t is expected, how
ever, that he will be brought round by the
treatment of the hospital physicians
Paris Letter
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-31
Railway Tickets for Corpses.

A reporter waiting three minutes in o
Broadway passenger agents office over
heard the following: 'sNo, sir. there are
no half rate tickets for corpses. A corpse of
any age requires one full first class, limit
ed ticket, and no baggage can be checked
on that ticket, nor can any stop over
check be issued upon it. The corpse must
be accompanied by at least one adult per-
son. 1t can only be carried in the baggage
car, and, in addition to being properly
boxed, it must be accompanied by GER
tificate of the attending physician to the
effect that deceased did not die of any
contagious disease, and across the coupon
ticket must be written instead of deceased's
signature the word corpse That is the
law upon every railroad In tho United
States.
"a passenger Is allowed only $50 pounds
of baggage, or seventy-five pounds upon
half ticket. If you have more than 100
pounds you will have to pay excess bag
gage, which charge will amount to from
10 to Is per cent. of the cost Of the pas
senger's ticket. No single piece of baggage
must weigh over $50 pounds, or it viii
not be taken in4he baggage car, but must
go as freight. The interstate law re-
uuires railroads to carry children under
5 years of age, when accompanied by
an adult, free. Children over and
under 10 years of age are carried upon
half rate ticket. Special rates, under
the new law, may be given to rail
road emloyes, clergymen and on &C
count of charity. To be eligible for this
special rate clergyman must be regu-
larly ordained, permanently located in
charge of pastorate and be engaged in
no other business whatever. Under this
law the wives and families of the clergy
men are not entitled to any reduction in
the regular rate. Special rates cannot
now be- made to temperance workers or
lecturers, nor to persons engaged in edu-
cational, philanthropical or charitable
work.
''Thank heaven, he's gone,n said. the
agent, turning to The World reporter
81 have to answer just such questions
dozen times day, and have almost had
lockjaw In consequence. New York
World
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-31
A MINISTER'S DOWNFALL.
He is CHARGED WITH LARCENY AND
ADULTERY.

The Rev. David Seymour Runs Away with
Another Mans Wife But Is Arrested
An Irate Husband On His Track-A
Stage-Struck Woman Leaves Her Husband
for Theatrical Manager.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.--Among the prison.
ers in the Jefferson Market Police court Sat
uriay morning was the Rev. David Eey-
mour, alias Francis Coyerdale, OF the Method-
list church at Janesvillna MINI. Hawas ar
rested on board the, steaanship AdriAtio
which arrived Friday. Il appessS that; On
the LIST inst the reverend gentleman left his
wife and four children and ran away with
Mrs. Fannie Henry, wife Of Editor Kenrys Of
The Evansville Argus II is alleged that there
Were some church funds missing ak GAINESVILLE
and that the minister was accused OF appro-
priating them. At S o'clock on the morning
of Aug. l he left GAINESVILLE, and
went 100 miles away. Mrs.
Henry followed, according to report, and
both came to this city. They took a steamer
and We're followed by Mr. Henry and his
in Liverpool before they learned that the
irate husband was close upon their heels.
They at once took the first steamer back to
this country. The husband ON learning this
at once te!egraphed to Inspector Byrnes and
the authorities at Minnesota asking that the
pair be intercepted. The minister was charged
with larceny and adultery. The detective
who made the arrest found the runaways In
the steerage He held ON to the dominic but
let Mrs. Henry go her way.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-31
Varied Tastes OF Boarders.

Among lot of boarders there are oil
ways a few who will kindly look after
your interests for you. If man go out
occasionally they will remark you are out
a great deal; if one speaks of ladies they
will say you are lady's man, and if one
mentions having been in the company of a
half dozen or more ladies in a week they
will exclaim: ''Why, you are indeed very
much of lady's man" They will even
venture to suggest that marriage would
be happy transition for you, and will try
to unravel the network of circumstances
which has kept you single. If one talks
at all they presume Oh good nature and
attack him from all sides. 1t is hard to
oppose the attacks Of lady boarders, and
they will dig up good deal Of your life in
spite of you. This is the way they do at
our boarding house.
But the saddest matter of them all Is
thestories that are told. We hear them
recited every day Of such age that their
oldness makes us shed tears in pity for
their decayed originality. The red headed
girl still lives with us, and it makes a
shudder to think what we will have next.
Then there is brought in once q week or
oftener chipping from the paber to be
read. We have our pugilist who is going
" G1dlu 1OI GA1c puy SlC<t1 SuAolAO ~ WILL
give him; there is the lawyer who talks
of boodler trials and points of law and of
justice strangled by the mob but now re-
vived; the artist tells us of the beauty Of
the sunsets glow and in the evening
shadows paints the city red; the musician
scores us with recitals from the masters;
and were those worthy ones to wake from
their long sleep their choice would be
eternal punishment to that of listening to
interpretations like these. Then there
are those who discover something funny
In one whom no one else has so far known
to say witty thing, who will punch that
one up to get his wit and there sit and
coolly sip. We have the young married
couples who come to us fresh from the
fields Of matrimony whose tender touches
of love bring our hearts in sympathy with
them and make us wish we could be like
one of these. And SO we have house
hold varied in tastes and an even balance
that we may not swing too far any way
and some one to knock the points off at
every corner.-"A. L. c." in Chicago
Herald.